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What are the basic tools of Euclidean geometry?

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Answer:

The straightedge and the compass.

Step-by-step explanation:

The name is due to the fact that connecting points with segments, prolonging segments and drawing circles with a given center and a given radius are the basic geometric constructions described in the first three Euclidean postulates.

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